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The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
SWindled by a Dog.

Begging money for charitable objects,
md then using it for ones own purpose,
S a particularly mean form of swindling.
heretofore it has been supposed to be
exclusively a human invention; but two
french professors Witnessed a scene at
verness, in the Scottish Highlands,
turing their vacation last simmer, which
hows that even dogs can practice the
rick occasionally.
While going about the town they
ioticed that they were followed every
where by a beautiful spaniel, of which at
irst they took no notice. Attracted
however, by the animals persistence they
ooked closely at it, and found that
itaand-its neck was o small ~padlocked
lNc.J. c.. ur;aeerintiorry ufino for aims,
or some d61h4ake Charles. madeS
OF T sun, nrp peos lend his sisters msfEisge o
LOG recognized Il aaea s re.k.S by their
lothes, and esetherefore likely to give
yillinglyts@ra
HowaSI this may be. NJ. Fontaine
lrey@ penny from his pocket, and was
IlSdt to put it in the box; but the dog
prevented this by holding Its head down
ve= the opening, and selling the coin
n its mouth with great %quickness ran
way.
A few minutes later they passed q
,aker's shop, and saw their collecting
riend seated on the counter, and APP
,arently enjoying to its hearts content
loaf which it had purchased for the
ienny.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
A Determined Woman.

The following account is given OF .
Western woman When ploughing time
came she constructed a box on the plough
in which to carry her baby, and thus she
ploughed the ground. She then pro-
ceeded to harrow, plant, and cultivate,
carrying the child on her back, and in
this way produced a fine crop.
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atanlexsa Rannamee.

ii writer Id the 81. Louis Rspa5lican
tells i story Of Stanley, the African
explorer, which began much more ro
ananticalIy than 1t ended: During q
visiE to Athens the writer says sI
d0us remember what year, be made the
aconaintance Of 4 then handsome Greek
sirl, Yirginia Ampela 81 nanne. They
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~EnceedinaLN Polite.

swell, sir, did you succeed IN collect
ing that bilip
NO, sir.n
TITS just as ! expected. That
Jones never pays anything. He's . per
feet boor.n
Why, sir, found him very polite. !"
I'm what waya''
she asked me toscall again.
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Mack Better.

ssDo you think Lncie will succeed b
winning Algernon n asked the high
school girl.
ssNo. indeed. replied Amys sfshe
hasn't the ghost Of q show.
INV dear protested the highcaool
eirl. pleasa don't use such horrid slang
4 ghost of i show; say apparition q
~ exhibition. Bits.
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s'The plays the thing,
And equally true is it that DIR. Pierce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets the original
Little Liver Pills. are the most effectual means
that can be reed to reach the scat of disease.
cleansing the bowels and system, and assisting
nature in her recuperative WORK. b. druggists.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

The publisher of Baltimore, Md, EUery Sat.
srdag, Mr.. r. ]. wentworth, says his child.
aged sir months, was suffering from q severe
cold, and he gave it Red Star Cough Cure,
which acted like q charm. No morphia.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

No lady should live in perpetual fear. and
suffer from the more Sc ious troubles that so
often appear, when DR.. Kilmer's COMPLETE
FEMALE REMEDY is certain to prevent and cure
Tumor and Cancer there.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

No matter in what part you are located, you
should write to Halle t & Co, Portland Maine
and receive, free, information about work you
can do and live at home. al a profit of from 81
to SIS and upwards daily. Some have made
over $50 in a day. All is new. Capital not
needed; Hallctt & Co. will s'art you. Either
sex; all ages, Those who commence at once
will make sure Of snug little fortunes. Write
and see for yourselves.
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Tell IN love with each other, and as it
was understood that he had some means,
ne had no ~dificnltyi in obtaining the con-
sent OF her parents. Everything was ar.
ranged except the financial part of the
programme. Virginia's mother preten-
ded to object to his going to America,
and, thinking she would receive some
recompense for the great loss she would
sustain, proposed that Stanley deposit
90, 900 francs in the National Bank in
her daughters name. Stanley saw
through the old lady's mercenary wiles
md was very indignant. It appeared to
him as If he was asked to buy her out
right. Still he was confident that his
Virginia would not be = party to such a
transaction and hastel ed to impart to
her the substance of his conversation
with her mother. The young lady how
everloved the explorers money better than
she did him and had received the valu-
able advice of her excellent mother be-
forehand. She, therefore, calmly in
formed tho ardent lover that her mother
had only asked what was proper and
that her views upon the matter conceded
with those Of the estimable old lady.
Stanley withdrew in anger, and the en-
gagement was broken off,
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Wearing Tight aid Gloves.

II is only in America that women wear
tight kid gloves, and / am happy to say
that no American women who is con
sidered q well-dressed woman does that
nowadays. In Paris, if a woman is seen
with tight kid gloves on, she is said
either to be a provincial or an American.
But, as say, the fashion Of tight gloves
is going out in this country. / remember
when women who ought to have known
better used to wear their gloves so tight
that their thumbs were almost paralyzed,
and the little finger was drawn around
into the palm. But nothing is con-
sidered more vulgar that this nowadays.
NcW Fork Letter.
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can kill a tiger. if the tiger happe2sto be found
when only q little cub. So consumption, that
deadliest and most feared of diseases, in this
country, can assuredly be conquered and de-
stroyed if DR.. Pierce's ~Golden Medical Dis
eoVery" be employed early.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

The poetry Of motion-A picnic girl with a
bug dow her back.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

The "Favorite Prescription" Of DR.. Pierce
cures female weakness" and kindred affac.
tons. By druggists
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

Ask your shoe and hardware dealers for
lyons. Heel Stitfeners, they keep boots and
shoes straight,
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SINCE the days that are past are gone for
eyer. and those tina are to come may not come
10 thee, il behooveth thee. O man, to employ
the present time without regretting the loss
of that which is past, or too much Depending
on that which is to come.
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Fashion Notes.

E&snhOM NOGees
Gloves are worn long as ever.
Boucie stuffs are much worn by child
rem. *.
Smoked pearl buttons have designs in
relief.
Mink fur is used to trim brown cloth
dresses.
Entire bonnets are composed of ostrich
plumage.
Beaded wooden fabrics are a feature of
the season.
Fur pelerines and round capes reach to
the waist line.
Girls under thirteen wear their frocks
without overskirts.
Cardinal and dark navy blue is still a
fashionable combination.
Dark red cloth trimmed with black
Persian lamb will again be worn.
Yellow shaded, light, fluffy, badger
boas and muffs are affected by young
ladies.
All fashionable skirts are ornamented
with panels of one kind of material or
another.
French taste is at its best this year in
the production of textile fabrics for
women's wear.
Feather stitching is employed for trim
ming all sorts of dresses whether of fam
mel or satin.
Cluny stripes for panels have bro
caded figures in scroll design, and are in
all the leading colors.
Heliotrope and lilac shades are very
stylish this season both in head gear and
in evening costumes.
Little Dutch caps, fitting tightly to
the head, are made of velvet or velveteen,
lined with some bright color.
Morning and afternoon gloves come in
from four to six button lengths; evening
gloves from fifteen to thirty.
Underskirts of striped, barred, plaided,
bayarde and figured stuffs are worn with
all the other parts of the dress of plain
stuff.
Plush is more in vogue than ever,
while velveteen, corduroy, and corder.
cine are in higher favor and more ex
tended use.
Graduated balls composed of Inpear
feathers are used to edge the brinls Of
bonnets. The foundation of these ball,
is Of wood or cork.
In using plaid and plain materials in
combination the back of the bodice is
made of the plain material and the
fronts are of the plaid.
Dress skirts are now made as light al
possible. The foundation is of good,
strong material, as silk or alpaca, and only
| the visible parts are covered.
New wool dresses are made e~ntirel,
without hounces or platings of any
description, many skirts being edget
with a straight cloth band, notched o
pinkcd on the lower edge.
Bodices must be trimmed; if the omni.
present plastron is not desired, a plain
line of braid, an inch and a half il
width, should be placed on either side
of the button and buttonholes.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

A mans good breeding is the best security
against the peoples i'll manners.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

Best. easiest to USE and cheapest. Pisois
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. SOC.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

The man who turns his cuffs is no friend to
his laundress.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Anv small Bov. xvith y s,,cL.

Give a tramp ten cents for car fare and he
will take q schooner.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
How to Make Money.

A v%irtuous man is ever in unison with
natures works.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

In reverence is the chief joy and power 81
life. Reverence, for what is pure and bright
IN YOUR own youth; for what s true and tired
hi til age of others; for all tina. Is gracious
ann0nr The living, great among the dead, and
marEeLIous in the bowers that cannot dle.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
"'Thc pIay's the thing,

The best cure for runaway girls is bread
with no Eutter and a washtub.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

MI. Buchter, aweI1-known citizen OF Lam
caster. Pa. has used st. Jacobs Oil. and con-
siders ii an excellent remedy in cases of SWELL
inrs. bruises nj burns.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

Daughters, Wives and Mothers.
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free
securely sealed. DR.. J. 3. Marchisi, Utica, NY.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
TalI Girls.

Tall girls are the fashion this season.
Heretofore the little, fairy. short girl has
had it all her WI way, but this year
the 1.-the, willowy, tall girl laughs at her
little sister and wears the wide stripes
and sprasly figures which adorn the
new handsome winter dress fabrics, with
an enviable feeling that her time has
come. The midget sisters will have to
fall back on plain goods and small
figures of last season, for they will hardly
dare to disigure their pretty proportions
with the stripes which will take from
their already too short length, or the
huge clusters of blossoms which would
completely obscure their rotundity. A
worse luck is that the stylish coachman's
cape so jaunty to the tall, slender girl is
absolutely ridiculous On a little figure of
four or five feet tall. In these new de-
signs, which average about the size of a
dinner-plate, the ground colors are pink,
amber, gold, blue and flesh, and the
blossoms are of crimson, pumpkin,
orange, ruby and terra Gotta, in effective
and brilliant contrasts. Detroit Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Poor Cariotta.

NSANS IL
Paris, had a consequence at the castle of
Teryueren, where the ex-Empress Car
lotta, widow of Emperor Macmillan, is
living. One of the means employed by
her attendants to waken her deadened
faculties, is to show her a newspaper in
which her name is mentioned. The
other day, soon after the production Of
s'Juarez," a newspaper containing an
account Of the performance, was placed
on her work table. The empress took
the journal, ran it over, and began to
repeat sJuarcz'' several times. Then
she cried: There they are, all together,
Macmillan, Juarez, Bazaine | Acclaim
ity is going to happen ! Quick, quick,
] must save my husband = The SER
wants and the physicians, called in haste,
were unable to pacify her. It was neces-
sary to pack trunks and give orders for
a special train; the empress wished to
start off at once, at any price. 1t was
with great difficulty that she was induced
to take a cup of tea, in which a calming
potion had been poured. The empress
fell asleep, and on awakening next
morning had forgotten all about the af-
fair.-Boston Courier.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-29
Notice.

Notice.
PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING-H;ds will ho
received at the office Of the CITY ciart ~ = " y
Mo9Ssy, May End. 1887, 81 M. for city PRINTING
|Ior Ine year commencing may End, 1881, as foL.
For publishing the official proceedinuso f ~
sion. a sleIeoi, per ses-
Tor publishing ordinances and resolutions in
nol publishing notices of the mayor and city
oounolI or any officer or board Of health 81 snisi
CITY, as local notices per line.
sale OF city property for the NON payment nj
aeangnent city taxes both general and special,
me City reserves the right to reject any or
Bidder must make their proposals conform
q. NJ. o'BRlaN. City Clerk.
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and consequently incurablc. It is impossible to de.
scribe her suferings. Her body from the crown OF
her head to the soles Of her feet was a mass of decay,
masses Of flesh rotting of and leaving great cavities.
Her fingers festered and three or four nails dropped
off at one time. Her limbs contracted by the fearful
liberation, and for several years she did not leave
her bed. Her weight was reduced from 1875 to 60 lbs.
Perhaps some faint idea Of her condition can be
Cleaned from the fact that three pounds Of Cosr1o.
line or ointment We're used per week in dressing her
cores. Finally the physicians acknowledged their
defeat by this Black Wolf, and commended the suf-
ferer to her all-wise Creator.
Her husband hearing wonderful reports Of the use
Of SwIFr's SPECIFIC Is. s. 81, prevailed on her to
Try u as a last resort; She began Its use under pro.
test, but soon found that her system was being 70.
lieved Of the poison, as the sores assumed q red and
healthy color, as Though the blood was becoming
pure and active, Mrs. Bailey continued the s. 8. 8.
until last February; every core was healed; she die.
cardsd chair and crutches. and WINS for the fIst time
In twelve years q well woman. Her husband, Mr..
c, A. Bailey, is In business at IN Blackstone Street.
Boston. and will take pleasure in giving the "details
q this wonderful cure. Send to US for Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Drawer 8. Atlantis. Ga.
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Or Black Leprosy, is a disease which Is considered
~incurable, but 1t has yielded to the curative proper.
ties Of SwIFr's SPEcIyIc-now known all over the
world as s. s. 8. Mrs. Bailey, Of West Somervilie,
Mass. near Boston, was attacked several years ago
with this hidecus black eruption, and was treated by
the best medical talent, who could only say that the
disease was q species OF
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-29

Which said tag shall be collected and the
same ia hereby fixed In proportion on each Of
such streets, respectively, to the feet front of
said lots, parts of lots ana pieces of ground SO
bounding and admitting upon such sidewalk
and improvements, that is to say: that such tax
all walks built the width of six feet, at the rate
of sixty-eix cents per foot, being the CONTRACT
price aud coat of constructing said walks. and
the furnishing. of materials therefor. The said
lots. parts of lots and pieces of eroudd. the
name OF the owner, so far gs known, and the
allowance snd tax levied hereby, are as herein-
before. stated and recited.
Sec 2. That all of the aforesaid imnroye-
ments having been fully completed occordinp
to the contract aforesaid as appears BY the re-
neer OF said CITY on file in the Office Of ostv
clerk the whole of the aforesaid sums of money
aEe hereby declared due and payable from and
nance. and thea the ssm an sha IlfPR Be Salle 81 sh sse ss :
as other city taxes, and when collected paid TO
tns contractor, az hereinb Sore provided.
sec, .. In case any of the taxes herein levied
on ans, OF the lots, parta of lots or piece of
ground aforesaid, shall remain unnnid for
more than W days from the time the same shall
according to the provisions of this ordinance.
Anu tne cnarteE and ordinances Of said city the
same snail become delinquent, and it shall be
uuty 81 tns CITY treasurer to proceed forthwith
70 advertise the sane for sale AZ other delin-
quent city taxes. and thereupon in the same
manner. as other CITY taxes, to sell the said lots.
taxes hereby levied remains unpaid at the date
liked tor the sale thereof, ann SO soon as the
moneys are collected or realized upon a sale as
aforesaid OF the proper y, or otherwise realised
mo 1ne.cisy treasury, the same shah be by the
thereto togepnoz- eth the penalty and interest
allowed by law, if any there be,
Sec.4. CHS ordinance shall take effect and
| proyas.
Passed April 18th, 1887.
Approved April 10th, 1887.
JAMES II. TELLER. Mayor.
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sHlLOa's COUGH and Consumption
0are is " by rs on guarantee. II cures
Consumption. Sold by DR.. Vanderhule,
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Attractive Collection of Music
just Received at
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Il. B. WYNN, General Agent, Yanktop
First Publication April 2srd
An

EHH EE
Providing for the payment of the cost of con-
structing certain built pursuant 70
resolutions of the mayor and council and
also ordering the levy and collection of q
Be il ordained b, the May or and council of the
city of Yankton:
Section /. That whereas. by resolution Of
pursuant to The charter of SAID sity, the mayor
and council of the city Of fanktOn, have hereto
fore by resolution duly passed and adopted,
declared necessary. ana ordered to De built at
the expense and cost of the lot owners certain
sidewalks. abuttipg the following lots and
blscks and along certain streets in said city of
Lot /, block So, Todds Yankton, sidewalk six
fOet wide.
Lot 3, block SO, Toads Yankton, sidewalk six
Lot 5, block 50. Todds Yankton, sidewalk six
feet wide,
Aaa5 whereas, In eassasasee of and by author
ity of the ordinances and resolutions of the
mayor and council of said city, and the charter
of said city, the owners anu occupants of all
the lots and parts of lots bounding and abut-
ting upon said streets, and the lots and pieces
of ground, hereinafter named and described
have not built, or caused to be bailt. such side
walks so declared to be necessary, and ordered
And Whereas, The said walks SO ordered by
the mayor aud COUNCIL, TO be built along the
streets opposite the lots and pieces of ground
hereinafter described, have been contracted for
by said mayor and council in due form of law
and have been built. constructed, completed
and accepted as ordered by said resolutions,
and in accordance with the charter and ordi-
nancss and resolutions of the mayor and coun-
cii of the said city, passed adopted IN that
behalf; and as such have been duly examined
and accepted by the city engineer OF the said
city, and confirmed by the mayor and council,
and thereby 1t becomes necessary TO levy q
special tax upon the property and lets and
parts of lots, abutting the sidewalks. 10 rs
aforesaid built toldefry and hQuidate tho cost
of constructing and building the same.
Now therefore. be it ordained as aforesaid,
for the purposes aforesaid, and pursuant to
the charter of said CITY, and the ordinances
and resolutions thereof, that q special tax of
ninety-six and 86-l00 dollars. be and the same
Is hereby LEVIED npon the following described
lots and pieces of ground situate in said city of
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/ never heard praise asoribed to a
drunkard, but for bearing OF his drink,
xhlch is q commentator tor a brewers
horse or q drayman rather than q gentle
man.-Lord Burleigh. :,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-29

THAT HACKING COUGH can be &
quickly cared BY Shiloh,s Cure. We
guarantee IT. Sold by DR.. Wsnderhule.
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=hAGeTA REP0RTs-volnnsss i and o.
Price e %. Addresi Bowen q Kinshhury,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-29

THE friends of prohibition are cordially in,
vited to contribute to this department. Com
munications to be available must be brief. Al.
dress the editor, p. o. Drawer, 1851
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-05-21
A Good Investment.

The Broadhurst place is offered at
bargain. 1t is central, and most
desirable location, corner Commerce
and Fifth atreets, fronting Commerce
100 feet, 147 feet deep. The house is
modern style and splendidly built brick,
stone foundation and eleven coy rooms,
suitable for large family boarding
house or school, good school house
70 by "a feet, and vacancy enough on
the corner for another handsome resi-
dence. There is no better built house
in the city, nor more desirable proper
ty for investment on the market. 1t
can be had for less than the cost OF
building, and will rent for ten per cent.
For further particulars see M. V. In
gram. May 9 If.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-05-21
South Western Presbyterian University
Commencement.

/. The Annual meeting OF the Board OF d.
rectors will occur ON Saturday June 4, at ten
o'clock a. m.
2. The Baccalaureate sermon will be deliv-
cred on Sabbath, June g. at 1880 o'clock by
Rev. T. d. Witherspoon d. d. Ill. D., OF Louis.
vile, KY.
g. The sermon before Y. NJ. G. Association
will be delivered on Sabbath, June s, at eight
o'clock p. m. by Rev. Thos. Cummins, Of
vtcl,shrrg, Miss.
4. Representatives. speakers of the Literary
Societies will deliver orations In the Cabinet
Hall on Monday, June 6, at eight o'clock p.
m. in joint competition for gold medal.
8. At 1890 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, June Z,
six students selected by the Faculty will COM
pete by original orations for gold medal to
the best writer and speaker.
6, At eight o'clock p. m. on Tuesday June 7,
The Honorary grafton before the Litetary
Societies, will be delivered by the Hon. S.
Shelton, of Vicksburg, Miss, to be followed
| by the Alumni Grafton of Rev. John H. Boyd
OF Mississippi A. NJ.
| 7. On Wednesday, June s, at 1890 the exer.
cises of the Annual Commencement will begin
consisting of the delivery OF Certificates Of
Proficiency to Department and school gradu-
ates, the Academic Degree diplomas, and the
Degree diplomas of the Divinity school
From the number of those to whom Degrees
have been awarded. Speakers selected by the
Faculty will deliver orations. Rev. Jos. II
Wilson ID. D. Prof. of Theology, will also ad-
dress the class In Theology. 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-05-21

TOBACCO planters without number,
bnt each one enjoying inward health
and appetite, attended the sales Tues
day and Wednesday. The weather
was very warm and we heard half a
dozen of them who stayed at one of
the boarding houses Tuesday night
accusing each other of snoring. They
had a good time swapping yarns in
regard to frost, cut worms, tobacco
bugs, Tugs, low prices, market house
beef, Kentucky prohibition and the
superiority Of GAINESVILLE as tobacco
market, as well as the superiority of
its mint, the brilliancy of its electric
lights and its unequalled number OF
good looking editors.